Habitat specificity of littoral Chydoridae (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anomopoda) in Plastic Lake, Ontario, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 432, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 195-205

  Tremel, Birgitta ^a,b   Frey, S E ^b   Yan, Norman D ^c   Somers, Keith M ^c   Pawson, Trevor W ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b 2625 S Smith Rd ^*  (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chydoridae; Habitat; Plastic Lake; Spatial patchiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037919264     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004023003179     Document Type: Article

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